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Now, along the lines of this discussion... if they move mainline 264 back to what is now Alternate 264, problem easily solved. I don't think it's too big a deal to move a US route back to its own alignment if the road is to be used primarily for local traffic instead of as a thru route, as would be the case.
RALEIGH– The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting on Friday, July 17, regarding proposed improvements along U.S. 70 between Swift Creek Road and Wilson’s Mill Road in Johnston County.
The project will convert U.S. 70 intersections with Swift Creek Road and Wilson’s Mill Road into interchanges. Access to properties along the highway will be provided by service roads that will be part of the project.
The meeting will take place at Wilson’s Mills Elementary School-Cafeteria, 4654 Wilson’s Mills Road, between 4 and 7 p.m.
NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the project. The opportunity to submit written comments will also be provided at the meeting or via phone, email, or mail by July 31, 2017. Comments received will be taken into consideration as the project develops. Please note that no formal presentation will be made.
I can't wait for US70 Bypass to become a freeway all the way to 95. Would everything else between the Clayton Bypass and Buffalo Road become closed?
Unless things change, that's the plan. NCDOT is also considering a direct I-42/I-95 interchange. There are already two interchange projects underway near Pine Level at the US-70 Business and Davis Mill Road intersections and once those are finished, and the interchanges mentioned in the press release are built, there shouldn't be any traffic lights between I-40 and Princeton.
There will still be substandard features that will need addressed, such as shoulder widening and replacing the substandard bridge crossing the Neuse River on US-70 westbound.
I couldn't begin to tell you how happy I am that US-70 is finally getting upgraded. I used to commute on that road and hated every second of it. It's long overdue for interstate status.
RALEIGH— Johnston County drivers will encounter fewer bumps during their commutes on the U.S. 70 Bypass as a result of a $3.5 million contract awarded by the N.C. Department of Transportation.
The contract awarded to Fred Smith Company of Raleigh includes milling and resurfacing 9.6 miles of the U.S. 70 Bypass in each direction between Sadisco Road and the Wake County line. The project will also include each of the following ramps and loops, which amounts to an additional 5.2 miles:
Westbound U.S. 70 Bypass Exit 326A loop to U.S. 70 Business
Eastbound U.S. 70 Bypass Exit 326 loop to U.S. 70 Business
Westbound and Eastbound U.S. 70 Business Entrance Ramps to U.S. 70 Bypass
Westbound and Eastbound U.S. 70 Bypass Exit Ramps to Ranch Road
Westbound and Eastbound Ranch Road Entrance Ramps to U.S. 70 Bypass
Westbound and Eastbound U.S. 70 Bypass Exit Ramps to N.C. 42
Westbound and Eastbound N.C. 42 Entrance Ramps to U.S. 70 Bypass
Work on the project can begin April 2, 2018 and is expected to be complete by October 19, 2018.
It's wild that this stretch already needs resurfacing. I never felt like it needed it.
It could use some re-striping since some of the paint has faded entirely in some spots, especially the shoulder lines, but other than that, the road seems to be holding up.
At least it lasted longer than I-795 did before it needed maintenance. I-795 was all to pieces a year after it opened and required repaving the whole stretch since the original asphalt was laid too thin. That was a huge blackeye on NCDOT.
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